Milsap Should Play More

Although the Utah Jazz have not made that many off-season moves, I still think the team will improve and be better than last year. The improvement of Milsap and D-Will should help the Jazz move on up the Western Conference ladder. Play Milsap more and the Jazz will win more.

You Can't Have Peanut Butter Without Jelly

You knew it was coming.

For The Dog Days Of Summer

I was missing the old Karl Malone and found this video on YouTube. Check it out.

Jazzbots.com Entry

Many of you have be asking me to post what I submitted as my entry for Jazzbots.com. I said I wanted to wait until everything was final and now that it is here is the entry I submitted.

"Blog Position – Season ticket holder from the upper bowl, young
working professional, or Jazz fan.

Now the toughest part, convincing you, the Utah Jazz, to choose
me. Throughout my life, the Utah Jazz has played a large role in everything
I do. When I was 9 or 10 years old I wanted to be the next Karl
Malone. I quickly realized I would never be 6'9" and my goal changed
to buying the Jazz from Larry Miller. (A goal still under
consideration, so look out Larry.) A few years down the road, the
first date with my wife was a Jazz game on February 25, 1997 versus
the New York Knicks. My wife and I were on the JumboTron, the Jazz
won despite Larry Johnson's great game, and life was great. Family,
friends and coworkers have always been interested in my perspective
as a passionate Jazz fan and encouraged me to pursue this passion. I
started a blog (jazzwagon.blogspot.com) earlier this year and have
enjoyed watching my readers increase over time. I feel I have a great
perspective and passion to add this project and know I would enjoy
working hard to make it a success. I relate well with all different
kinds of Jazz fans and have the ability to make them laugh. I have
always dreamed of being associated with the Utah Jazz and feel this is
a great opportunity to make this dream a reality. I hope to hear from
you soon. Go Jazz!"

Honestly, nothing to incredibly compelling, but I think I was sincere enough to get their attention. Thanks again for your support.

It Is Official.......Sort Of.......

"Dear Jazz Fan,

Let me be the first to welcome you to the JazzBots Team! You have been selected as a featured blogger - we are excited to have you on board.

Let's meet the team, in no particular order:

Season Ticket Holder (Lower Bowl): J.R. Stewart
Season Ticket Holder (Upper Bowl): Alan Hinckley
College Student: Cameron Hansen
Jazz Wife: Laurie Nylund
Young Working Professional: Annie Whitaker
Jazz Family: Megan Mueller
Elementary School Class: Jackie Corbridge & Karen Chatterton (Weekly Rotation)
Jazz Fan: Stanton Huntington
Jazz Fan: Johnathan Kendrick

The alternates are an important part of the team. Beyond contributing when others cannot, they will be asked to blog on special assignments.

Alternate: Keith Haney
Alternate: Tamara Lynn Rasmussen
Alternate: Aaron Heaton
Alternate: Tim Ormond
Alternate: Josh Leavitt "

So the good news is, I made the cut. The bad news is, I am a floater/alternate. Either way I am excited and looking forward to the challenge.

Jazz Bots Update

Ok......so here is the news. Last week I received an email telling me I was a finalist and scheduled an interview for earlier this morning. I just got back from the interview and here is what I can tell you. First of all, I was freaking nervous and may have blown the whole thing. I was fine until I was informed that over 800 entries were received before the deadline with hundreds more after the deadline and that mine made the final 35. At that point I started freaking out. Not even my lucky Stockton and Malone card could help at that point. I hope I didn't sound like too much of an idiot. So here is a break down of what happened.

I was downstairs in the bowels of the ESA. Met a very nice security guard and waited to be seen. Then Derek who was conducting the interview took me to a conference room where another man was waiting. Derek made some comment like, "We are interviewing for bloggers and looking for a new power forward." To which I replied, "I've got some great low post moves but may be a little bit short for the NBA." We then proceeded to the interview portion. Basically the interview consisted of two questions on their part. They wanted to learn more about me and find out why Jazz fans would be interested in my perspective. I answered to the best of my ability in my nervous state. I then asked them some questions about Jazzbots.com and what they hoped in would become. The interview then ended and that was it. On the ride home I kept thinking about everything I should have said. I'll get to that in a minute but first I want to tell you a little more about their vision for Jazzbots.com.

From my understanding, Jazzbots.com is going to be a very interactive fan site. It will consist of about 7 pages and launched in September. They have two professional sports writers to cover the basketball side of things and the co-authors (the position I interviewed for) will provide the human interest side to the site. This was a little different than I had understood from the emails they sent to me but now it makes a lot of sense. Co-authors will post twice a week. They can write about their own topics and/or will have topics provided to them from the Jazzbots' staff. All in all it should be really cool and I hope to be a part of it.

If I am chosen, here is a list of things I think I could write about:

Creative heckling
Upper-bowl fans vs. Lower-bowl fans
Game day superstions/rituals
Rocky Mountain Revue Flu (a sickness that effects me every July)
Is it ok to pray for the Jazz to win?
Top 10 Jazz fan favorites (Players, arena food, Jazz memories, ect.)

Also, if any of you readers have ideas, I would love to hear them. I want to be a true representation of Jazz fans on the Jazzbots site and with your help I think I can do that.